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Sept. 1, 1925.

A (7 7%071 A CUITIGN Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

NATH AN NEUMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application mea'october e, 1924."sem1 m. 741,785.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN NEUMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sweater Coats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in sweater coats and more especially to sweaters, coats, or jackets, such as those which are elasticity. v

Sweater coats as heretofore produced by knitting possess considerable elasticity and are prone to stretch and become distorted, losing their shape and shortly failing to approacha satisfactory fit to the wearer. This condition isheightened by the fact that little attention is paid to the initial sizing of such garments, the elasticity of the garment being utilized to adapt the garment-of one size to wearers of a variety of sizes. When a given garment does not properly fit the wearer, it is more or less continuously stretched, especially over the shoulders where the question of fit is most important and very shortly loses its shape. Further, it has been recognized that such garments are strained beneath the arms, which results in making them less resistant. to wear at those points and permanent distortion re- Salts in further contributing to. the loss of s a e. ow it is the object of my invention to provide means whereby'the strain on a knitted sweater coat or jacket may be resisted, to the end that the garment may be initially properly shaped and fitted and will permanently retain its fit and shape, without at the same time lessening any of its essential desirable elasticity.

Having now indicated in a general way the nature, purpose, and advantage of my invention, I will proceed to a detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which portion forms a collar efiect.

produced by knitting and possess Figure 1 is a rear view of a sweater coat embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is an interior view of the sweater coat shown in Figure 1.

In the drawings, a designates the body of the sweater coat or jacket; 6 b the sleeve and c the usual finishing strip which in the neck As the sweater is normally constructed, there is provided a seam (2 extending over the shoulders from arm hole to arm hole and the sleeves are means of seams e e.

f indicates a narrow strip of relatively non-elastic material, as, for example, tape, posltioned inside the garment and overlying and extending along the seam d from one sleeve seam e to the other. The strip 7- is sewed at the ends to the seam e, e and to the seam d throughout its length, except for the portion behind the neck and forms a hanger loop f, as shown in Figure 2. j v I g, 9 represents crescent shaped patches of elastic material which may be the same as that of which the sweater is made. The concave edges of the patches 9, g are sewed to the lower portions of the seams e, 6, re spectively, while the central portions of the convex edges of the patches are secured to the body of the sweater below the arm holes as by stitches h.

It will now be observed that the strip f secured over the shoulders and across the back of the body of the sweater coat resists any tendency for the sweater to become distorted in the shoulders where it principall fits the wearer; at the same time the hate and shoulders have all the desirable elasticity of the goods. The strip 7 also serves to prevent lengthwise strain on the seam and reinforces the seam against lateral strain.

In cooperation w1th the strip 7, the patches 9 act to resist distortion of the portion of the sweater beneath the arms of the wearer and also reinforces the goods beneath the arms without detracting from desirable elasticity.

Thus it. will be observed that strip f and patches g, g, respectively, secured at a point secured to the body byv which is left free.

to the body, in combination with seams d and seams e, e tend to resist distortion of the garment and in eflect enable a better initial fit to be obtained and insure the retention of 5 the shape of the garment.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is- V A sweater coat comprising a body portion, 1 sleeves secured to the body, and a relatively narrow strip of non-elastic material extending over the. shoulder and across the back portions stitched to the bod for a substantial distance from each en leaving a free central portion of the strip servlng as a.

hanger.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on this 23rd day of September, 1924.

NATHAN NEUMAN. 

